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Castles in Thuringia

22 landmarks in the atlas.

The Castlemap atlas charts 9 castles, 2 fortresses, 7 palaces & châteaux and 4 ruins in Thuringia. They span from 930 to 1736.

The best known is Wartburg, #52 of 7,738 worldwide.

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Country pages: Germany.

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All 22 in Thuringia

Wartburg
Castle · 11th century · #52 worldwide · #3 in Germany
The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. At an elevation of 410 metres in the state of Thuringia, Germany, it is situated on a…
Friedenstein Castle
Palace & château · 17th century · #99 in Germany
Friedenstein Palace is an early Baroque palace in the city of Gotha, built in the mid-17th century by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha at Gotha,…
Schloss Weimar
Palace & château · 17th century · #117 in Germany
Schloss Weimar is a Schloss in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It is now called Stadtschloss to distinguish it from other palaces in and around Weimar.
Altenstein Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #131 in Germany
Schloss Altenstein is a schloss upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
Schloss Belvedere
Palace & château · 18th century · #138 in Germany
The Baroque palace Schloss Belvedere on the outskirts of Weimar, is a pleasure-house built for house-parties, built in 1724–1732 to designs of Johann…
Petersberg Citadel
Fortress · 17th century · #148 in Germany
Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.
Heidecksburg
Palace & château · #208 in Germany
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Burg Gleichen
Ruin · 11th century · #224 in Germany
Burg Gleichen is a medieval castle ruin in Thuringia, in the fields of Wandersleben near Gotha.
Ettersburg Castle and Park
Palace & château · 18th century · #270 in Germany
Schloss Ettersburg is a palace with its extended park near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It sits on the Ettersberg.
Osterburg
Castle · 12th century · #302 in Germany
The Osterburg is a castle located conspicuously on a hill in the middle of the town of Weida in the county of Greiz in the German state of Thuringia.
Wachsenburg Castle
Castle · 10th century · #326 in Germany
Wachsenburg Castle is a castle in Amt Wachsenburg in the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.
Burg Henneberg
Ruin · 11th century · #328 in Germany
Burg Henneberg, also Henneburg, is a castle ruin situated east of the present-day Meiningen district of Henneberg in southern Thuringia and was the…
Wilhelmsburg Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #329 in Germany
The Wilhelmsburg Castle in the city of Schmalkalden was a secondary residence of the Landgraves of Hesse.
Schloß Landsberg
Castle · 12th century · #342 in Germany
Schloß Landsberg in Meiningen is a former pleasure palace of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen and housed a romantic first-class hotel until December 2013.
Burg Creuzburg
Castle · 12th century · #357 in Germany
Burg Creuzburg is located northwest of Eisenach in the town of the same name in the Wartburgkreis in Thuringia.
Burg Lauenstein
Castle · #367 in Germany
Burg Lauenstein is a medieval hilltop castle at 550 m above sea level above the Upper Franconian village of Lauenstein, a part of the town of…
Ranis
Castle · 10th century · #397 in Germany
Ranis castle stands on the rock of a Zechstein reef, which forms part of a larger reef complex above the Orla valley, in and above the Thuringian…
Lobdeburg
Ruin · #405 in Germany
The Lobdeburg is a castle ruin between Lobeda and Drackendorf, districts of Jena.
Krayenburg
Ruin · 12th century · #427 in Germany
The Krayenburg was a castle situated on the Krayenberg hill in Germany, having the townships of Tiefenort and Merkers-Kieselbach at its foot, and…
Citadel Cyriaksburg
Fortress · 15th century · #431 in Germany
The Citadel Cyriaksburg in the south-west of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt is an originally municipal, later Swedish, Electoral Mainz and…
Schauenburg
Castle · #461 in Germany
The Schauenburg is a vanished High Medieval castle, or castle remnant, in the district of the Thuringian town of Friedrichroda in the district of…
Ehrenburg (Plaue)
Castle · 14th century · #469 in Germany
The Ehrenburg is a castle overlooking the city of Plaue in Thuringia. The burg was constructed in 1324 by the Grafen von Schwarzburg.